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New Releases - May 19, 2015

It's Tuesday! That means it is time to make a little bit of room on the
bookshelves, load up your ereader, or make your way to your local
library. In other words - It is time to get your hands on a new book!

Here are just a few books that have just been released that you may want to grab soon:

Naomi Novik, author of
the bestselling and critically acclaimed Temeraire novels, introduces a
bold new world rooted in folk stories and legends, as elemental as a
Grimm fairy tale.

“Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes,
no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them
sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were
doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. Of course that’s not
true: he may be a wizard and immortal, but he’s still a man, and our
fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us
every ten years. He protects us against the Wood, and we’re grateful,
but not that grateful.”

Agnieszka loves her valley home, her
quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the
corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its
shadow lies over her life.

Her people rely on the cold, driven
wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he
demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to
serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the
Wood.

The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. She knows—everyone
knows—that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave
Kasia, all the things Agnieszka isn’t, and her dearest friend in the
world. And there is no way to save her.

But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose.

In the tradition of The Girl on the Train comes the UK bestseller THE ICE TWINS, a terrifying psychological thriller with a twisting plot worthy of Gillian Flynn.

One of Sarah's daughters died. But can she be sure which one?

A
year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an
accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcroft move to the tiny Scottish island
Angus inherited from his grandmother, hoping to put together the pieces
of their shattered lives.

But when their surviving
daughter, Kirstie, claims they have mistaken her identity--that she, in
fact, is Lydia--their world comes crashing down once again.

As
winter encroaches, Angus is forced to travel away from the island for
work, Sarah is feeling isolated, and Kirstie (or is it Lydia?) is
growing more disturbed. When a violent storm leaves Sarah and her
daughter stranded, they are forced to confront what really happened on
that fateful day.

On a freezing Christmas
Eve in 1879, a forensic psychic reader is summoned from her Baker
Street lodgings to the scene of a questionable death. Alexandrina
Victoria Pendlebury (named after her godmother, the current Queen of
England) is adamant that the death in question is a magically
compromised murder and not a suicide, as the police had assumed, after
the shocking revelation contained by the body in question, Alex must put
her personal loss aside to uncover the deeper issues at stake, before
more bodies turn up.

Turning to some choice allies—the handsome,
prescient Lieutenant Brooks, the brilliant, enigmatic Lord Desmond, and
her rapscallion cousin James—Alex will have to marshal all of her
magical and mental acumen to save Queen and Country from a shadowy
threat. Our singular heroine is caught up in this rousing gaslamp
adventure of cloaked assassins, meddlesome family, and dark magic.

"Murder,
mayhem and tea—a well-bred Victorian urban fantasy thriller. Prepare, o
reader, to be enthralled."—Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times Best
Selling Author of the Mercy Thompson series on P.N. Elrod's The Hanged Man

The author of Undefeated and Risky Business has another sexy hero for you to meet…

Welcome
to Destiny Falls, New York, home of Bomb Squad—an ice hockey team full
of rugged military heroes. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has the team
captain packing his bags for greener pastures, but saying good-bye to
the woman who’d captured his heart is easier said than done…

After
being wounded in combat, Brandon Theroux lives every day like it’s his
last. He never could have imagined that the sleek mechanics of his
prosthetic leg would open so many doors, including minor celebrity
status as a fitness model and a well-earned reputation as a rakish
playboy. The only door it hasn’t opened is the one to Harper Johnson’s
bedroom.

Harper has too much self-respect to join the ranks of
Brandon’s “carpe diem” conquests, but when she needs someone to keep the
peace in the tavern she owns, Brandon offers his help—as long as she
agrees to a very tempting trade. It isn’t long before the two realize
that a deal struck between friends who can’t keep their hands off each
other has the potential to be a whole lot hotter than either of them is
prepared to handle…

Michael is unsure about
most things. Go to college? Enlist in the military? Break up with his
girlfriend? All big question marks. He is living for the moment and all
he wants is a few days at the biggest concert of the summer.

Cora
lives in the town hosting the music festival. She's volunteering in the
medical tent. She's like that, always the good girl. But there is
something in the air at this concert and suddenly Cora finds herself
wanting to push her own boundaries.

When Michael and Cora meet,
sparks fly, hearts race, and all the things songs are written about come
true. And all the while, three days of the most epic summer await
them...

From the moment Josie laid eyes on sexy, mysterious Shane Dean, she was in love. Their desire ignited a passionate affair, and within weeks, Shane had slipped a ring on her finger. It seemed her every fantasy was coming true . . . until her new husband disappeared without a trace. Now, two years and one broken heart later, Josie is shocked by the hospital calls: Shane has been found . . . at a crime scene with no memory of how he got there.

Her Love Can Save Him

Shane can't remember the blue-eyed angel at his bedside—or who he even is—but he knows something isn't right. His hearing is razor sharp, his physical strength incredible, and the urge to protect Josie overwhelming. For powerful enemies are hunting him, and Josie is the key to disc…

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. If you would like to join in, please feel free to enter your link and link back to this post, then spend some time visiting some of the other posts.

The Prisoner's Wife by Maggie Brookes
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group - Berkley
Publication Date: May 26, 2020
Date Read: May 25, 2020
Length: 400 pages
Source: Publisher ★★★★☆Inspired by the true story of a daring deception that plunges a courageous young woman deep into the horrors of a Nazi PoW camp to be with the man she loves.

In the dead of night, a Czech farm girl and a British soldier travel through the countryside. Izabela and prisoner-of-war Bill have secretly married, and are on the run, with Izzy dressed as a man. The young husband and wife evade capture for as long as possible, until they are cornered by Nazi soldiers with tracker dogs.

Izzy’s disguise works. The couple are assumed to be two escaped British soldiers and transported to a PoW camp. However, their true test has just begun as they face terrible living conditions and the constant terror of Izzy’s exposure. But in the midst of unimaginable horrors comes hope, for the young couple are befriended by a s…